Alexis Okeowo
Alexis Okeowo
Alexis Okeowo, a contributing writer, has written about conflict, human rights, and culture for The New Yorker since 2010, reporting from Africa, Mexico, and the American South. Her feature “Tainted Earth” won the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Phillip D. Reed Award in 2022. Okeowo is the author of the books “A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa,” which received the 2018 PEN Open Book Award, and “Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama.” Her work has been anthologized in “The Best American Sports Writing” (2017) and “The Best American Travel Writing” (2017). In 2020, Okeowo was named journalist of the year by the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She is a contributing editor at Vogue.
Alexis Okeowo, a contributing writer, has written about conflict, human rights, and culture for The New Yorker since 2010, reporting from Africa, Mexico, and the American South. Her feature “Tainted Earth” won the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Phillip D. Reed Award in 2022. Okeowo is the author of the books “A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa,” which received the 2018 PEN Open Book Award, and “Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama.” Her work has been anthologized in “The Best American Sports Writing” (2017) and “The Best American Travel Writing” (2017). In 2020, Okeowo was named journalist of the year by the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She is a contributing editor at Vogue.
